"Apur Panchali Apur Panchali is a 2013 Bengali film directed by Kaushik Ganguly and produced by Shree Venkatesh Films. It is based on the life of Subir Banerjee, the actor who played Apu in ""Pather Panchali"" (1955), the first film of Satyajit Ray's Apu trilogy. Director Kaushik Ganguly won the award of best director for ""Apur Panchali"" in the 44th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in November 2013. The director mentioned in an interview that he found similarities between certain parts of the life of Subir Banerjee and the iconic character Apu. The film uses several minutes of footage"
"Cannes, Berlin and Venice Film Festivals. Produced on a shoestring budget (""Pather Panchali"" had a budget of roughly 150,000 ($45,300—)) using an amateur cast and crew, the trilogy is a milestone in Indian cinema and remains one of the most acclaimed works in the Parallel Cinema movement. The three films comprise a ""coming of age"" narrative in the vein of a ""bildungsroman""; they describe the childhood, education and early maturity of a young Bengali named Apu (Apurba Kumar Roy) in the early part of the 20th century. Pather Panchali (Bengali, ""Song of the Little Road"")<br> Apu's early experiences in rural"
"his career between the late 1980s and early 1990s. He initially gave critically acclaimed performances as a lead actor in films like ""Kab Tak Chup Rahungi"" (1988), ""Qatil"" (1988), ""Kahan Hai Kanoon"" (1989), ""Sailaab"" (1990), ""Laal Paree"" (1991), ""Naamcheen"" (1991), ""Yaad Rakhegi Duniya"" (1992), ""Chor Aur Chaand"" (1993) and ""Surakshaa"" (1995), but failed to find commercial success. His biggest commercial success as a lead actor and his most well-known performance was in Mahesh Bhatt's ""Saathi"" (1991). After failing to make a mark as a lead actor, Pancholi became a supporting actor in multi-starrer movies like ""Ladaai"" (1988), ""Jaadugar"" (1989), """""
"not initially plan to make a trilogy: he decided to make the third film only after being asked about the possibility of a trilogy at the 1957 Venice Film Festival, where ""Aparajito"" won the Golden Lion. ""Apur Panchali"" (2014) is a Bengali film directed by Kaushik Ganguly, which depicts the real-life story of Subir Bannerjee, the actor who portrayed Apu in ""Pather Panchali"". ""Pather Panchali"" was the first film made in independent India to receive major critical attention internationally, placing India on the world cinema map. It was one of the first examples of Parallel Cinema, a new tradition of"
"first role in Dalsukh M. Pancholi's Punjabi film ""Yamla Jat"" (1940) because of an accidental meeting with writer Wali Mohammad Wali at a shop in Lahore. Directed by Moti B. Gidwani, the film featured Noor Jehan and Durga Khote. This was followed by small roles in the film ""Chaudhary"" and ""Khajanchi"", both in 1941. Pancholi cast him again in ""Khandaan"" (1942), which was Pran's first Hindi film. It featured him as a romantic hero, opposite Noor Jehan, who had acted with him in ""Yamla Jat"" as a child artist. In ""Khandaan"", she was under 15 years old and compensated for"
"become a film-maker. Ray made his directorial debut in 1955 with ""Pather Panchali"" and directed 36 films, comprising 29 feature films, five documentaries, and two short films. Although Ray's work generally received critical acclaim, his film ""Pather Panchali"" and ""Ashani Sanket"" (1973) were criticised for ""exporting poverty"" and ""distorting India's image abroad"". His ""Apu Trilogy"" (1955–1959) appeared in ""Time"" All-Time 100 Movies in 2005. Aside from directing, Ray composed music and wrote screenplays for films, both his own and those by other directors. Often credited as a fiction writer, illustrator, and calligrapher; Ray authored several short stories and novels in"
"Tak Chup Rahungi"" (1988), ""Qatil"" (1988), ""Sailaab"" (1990), ""Laal Paree"" (1991), ""Naamcheen"" (1991), ""Yaad Rakhegi Duniya"" (1992), ""Chor Aur Chaand"" (1993) and ""Surakshaa"" (1995) but failed to find commercial success. His biggest commercial success as a lead actor and his most well-known performance was in Mahesh Bhatt's ""Saathi"" (1991). After failing to make a mark as a lead actor, Pancholi became a supporting actor in multi-starrer movies like ""Ladaai"" (1988), ""Jaadugar"" (1989), """" (1994) and ""Aankhen"" (2002) and became synonymous for negative roles with movies like ""Awwal Number"" (1990), ""Jung"" (1996), ""Khilona"" (1996), ""Yes Boss"" (1997), ""Hameshaa"" (1997), ""Jung"" (2000)"
"trilogy: ""Aparajito"" (""The Unvanquished"", 1956) and ""Apur Sansar"" (""The World of Apu"", 1959). ""Pather Panchali"" is described as a turning point in Indian cinema, as it was among the films that pioneered the Parallel Cinema movement, which espoused authenticity and social realism. The first film from independent India to attract major international critical attention, it won India's National Film Award for Best Feature Film in 1955, the Best Human Document award at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival, and several other awards, establishing Ray as one of the country's most distinguished filmmakers. It is often featured in lists of the greatest"
"the industry. His next notable release that year was ""Qatil"", in which he starred opposite Sangeeta Bijlani. Pancholi essayed the role of a lawyer's son who resists the death penalty and imprisonment and proves himself guilty of the murder of a prostitute, but was trapped when a friend betrayed him by removing all of the evidence. Both films flopped at the box office though he received critical acclaim for his performances. In 1989, Pancholi starred in the romance flick ""Mohabat Ka Paigham"", opposite Meenakshi Sheshadri. His first major success in the industry began in 1990 with a major role in"
"Indian New Wave. ""The Apu Trilogy"" (1955–1959, Satyajit Ray) won major prizes at all the major international film festivals and firmly established the Parallel Cinema movement. ""Pather Panchali"" (1955), the first part of the trilogy, marked Ray's entry in Indian cinema. The trilogy's influence on world cinema can be felt in the ""youthful coming-of-age dramas that flooded art houses since the mid-fifties"", which ""owe a tremendous debt to the Apu trilogy"". Cinematographer Subrata Mitra, who debuted in the trilogy, had his own important influence on cinematography globally. One of his most important techniques was bounce lighting, to recreate the effect"
"Box office making it highest earning movie in history of Bengali movie ever, apart from Amazon Obhijaan other costly movies were Chander Pahar made in the budget of Rs 15 crore and with Rs 15 crore were some costly movies. Many of the most critically acclaimed Bengali films were low-budget films, including Satyajit Ray's famous ""The Apu Trilogy"" (1955–1959). The first film in the trilogy, ""Pather Panchali"" (1955), was produced on a shoestring budget of Rs. 150,000 ($32000) using an amateur cast and crew. All his other films that followed also had low budgets, with his most expensive films since"
"rolled in one, known as the father of Indian cinema, and his first film was ""Raja Harishchandra"", which released on 3 May 1913. Soon after, ""Mohini Bhasmasur"" was screened for the first time in November 1913. A one-minute short comedy film ""Pithache Panje"" (Hand Prints) was released as a ""side attraction"" with the film. Phalke produced four films in succession under the banner ""Production Company"" including ""Mohini Bhasmasur"", ""Savitri Satyavan"" (1914), ""Satyavadi Raja Harishchandra"" (1917) and ""Lanka Dahan"" (1917). His wife Saraswati Phalke was the woman behind the scene who was the manager and technical assistant to her husband in"
"in getting finance from Bhagwandas Chaturbhuj and Dharamdas Narayandas, two well-established financiers. Their debut production in 1912, ""Savitri"", directed by Patankar was unsuccessful. The three formed a production company called Patankar Union in 1913. They produced ""The Death Of Narayanrao Peshwa"" also called ""The Murder Of Narayanrao Peshwa"" in 1915, which has been cited as the first historical film of Indian cinema, as well as the mythological ""Ram Vanvas"" (""The Exile Of Rama"") (1918). Patankar went on to form Patankar Friends and Company with Dwarkadas Sampat who had joined them in 1917, producing and directing ""Kach-Devyani"" (1920). He also worked"
"for his first film. The semi-autobiographical novel describes the maturation of Apu, a small boy in a Bengal village. Ray gathered an inexperienced crew, although both his cameraman Subrata Mitra and art director Bansi Chandragupta went on to achieve great acclaim. The cast consisted of mostly amateur actors. He started shooting in late 1952 with his personal savings and hoped to raise more money once he had some passages shot, but did not succeed on his terms. As a result, Ray shot ""Pather Panchali"" over three years, an unusually long period, based on when he or his production manager Anil"
"While working as a junior artiste, he realized that the director played a very important role in the making of a movie. So, his interest in acting in movies transferred to directing movies. After assisting various directors such as B.R.Patel and Dhirubhai Desai, he finally got his first break as a director in 1936 by Mr.Lakhia of Metro Movietone for the film titled ""Matwali Jogan"" aka ""A Girl from Lahore"". He was only 21 years old when he directed his first movie. However, his major break came in 1937 when Ramaniklal & Mohanlal Shah, founders of Mohan Studios, Mumbai, offered"
"he made a brief appearance as a child artist in ""Pasand Apni Apni"" (1983) in which his cousin Rati Agnihotri was the heroine. Inspired by her success, and by the memory of his father's brief stint as an actor, he made his acting debut with Mahesh Bhatt's ""Sir"" (1993), which emerged as a commercial and critical success. He went on to act in several other films throughout the 1990s and early 2000s with his most notable hits being ""Krantiveer"" (1994), ""Naaraz"" (1994), """" (1994), ""Chachi 420"" (1997), ""Yeshwant"" (1997), and ""Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam"" (2002). In many of these films,"
"including ""Sindhu Bhairavi"" and ""Punnagai Mannan"". He made his first independent film in 1990, the critically acclaimed film ""Keladi Kanmani"", which starred noted playback singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and enjoyed a 285-days-run at theatres. He next directed ""Nee Pathi Naan Pathi"", titled after a song from his previous film, which focussed on an unwed mother's issue. The film features the song ""Nivedha"", becoming noted for its visualisation and its lyrics consisting of a single word. His third directorial was the thriller ""Aasai"" (1995), which became a trendsetter and high financial success that ran for more than 200 days. Produced by"
"Branch. He started his Malayalam film career as an Assistant Director with the Navodaya Production Company at the age of 19. He had his lessons from the film maker Jijo Punnose, son of Navodaya Appachan. He was lucky to associate with Jijo Punnose in the Making of India's First 3D film ""My dear Kuttichathan"" ( My dear Chotta Chaetan ). He associated Regunath Paleri in his debut directorial venture "" Onnu Muthal Poogyam Varae""produced by Navodaya Production Company . His debut film was ""Chanakyan"" which had Kamal Hassan and Urmila Matondkar starring alongside Jayaram. After his debut film , he"
"with ""Shahadat"" in 1985. In 1986, he did the television films ""Sone Ka Pinjra"", ""Siyahi"", ""Kalank Ka Tika"", ""Afshar Ki Saali"" and ""Maryam Ki Beti"". Later that year, he ventured into mainstream Bollywood with ""Sasti Dulhan Mahenga Dulha"". During this time, he adopted the stage name Aditya Pancholi. In 1987, Pancholi gave critically acclaimed performances in two television movies: ""Abhishek"" and ""Khatarnaak Irade"". In ""Abhishek"", he essayed the role of a well-known businessman who used his father's wealth in enjoying leisure time and used a new costume to help depressed and troubled people. The film co-starred Archana Puran Singh, Neeta"
"Aditya Pancholi filmography Aditya Pancholi is an Indian film actor and producer who appears in Bollywood films. He started his career as a lead actor but found more success with supporting and negative roles and received a Filmfare nomination for the Best Performance in a Negative Role for ""Yes Boss"" (1997). Pancholi began his career with television movies produced by Nari Hira and ventured into mainstream Bollywood cinema with ""Sasti Dulhan Mehnga Dulha"" (1986). Pancholi first came to limelight with a supporting role in ""Maha-Sangram"" (1990). He initially gave critically acclaimed performances as a lead actor with films like ""Kab"
"Parash Pathar Parash Pathar ( ""Porosh Pathor""; English: ""The Philosopher's Stone""; French: ""La Pierre Philosophale"") is a 1958 Bengali language Indian fantasy comedy film. It was Satyajit Ray's first film outside of the Apu Trilogy. It was also his first comedy and first magical realist film. Adapted from a short story of the same name by Parasuram (Rajsekhar Bose), the film offered an early glimpse of Ray's sense of humour, centered on a middle-class clerk who accidentally discovers a stone that can turn other objects into gold. Paresh Chandra Dutt (Tulsi Chakrabarti), a middle-class bank clerk in Kolkata, attends a"
"Saathi (1991 film) Saathi (English: Companion) is a 1991 Indian Hindi crime drama film directed by Mahesh Bhatt, written by Robin Bhatt and starring Aditya Pancholi, Mohsin Khan, Varsha Usgaonkar, And Soni Razdan. in the lead roles. Anupam Kher and Paresh Rawal portray the negative roles. This is Aditya Pancholi's biggest hit as a lead actor and established him as an overnight star in Bollywood. As children, Suraj (Aditya Pancholi) and Amar (Mohsin Khan) live a very poor life. One day, Suraj's father steals a loaf of bread to feed Suraj. After a few minutes, the Baker arrives with a"
"Pancholi secured bail and avoided imprisonment. Aditya Pancholi Aditya Pancholi (born Nirmal Pancholi, 4 January 1965) is an Indian film actor, producer and playback singer who appears in Bollywood films. He started his career as a lead actor, though he found more success with supporting and villain roles and received a Filmfare nomination for the Best Performance in a Negative Role for ""Yes Boss"" (1997). Pancholi began his career with television movies produced by Nari Hira and ventured into mainstream Bollywood cinema with ""Sasti Dulhan Mehnga Dulha"" (1986). Pancholi first came into the limelight with an important role in ""Maha-Sangram"""
"where he got his biggest hit, Gyan Mukherjee's ""Kismet"" (1943), starring Ashok Kumar and Mumtaz Shanti, most remembered for the song, 'Papihaare', sung by his sister Parul Ghosh (wife of the renowned flautist, Pannalal Ghosh), the patriotic hit, 'Door hato ai duniyaa waalo', and 'Dheere dheere aare badal, mera bulbul so raha hai, shorgul na macha' sung by the actor, Ashok Kumar. In 1946, he left Bombay Talkies and set out as a freelancer, and later under the banner, ‘Variety Pictures’ owned by his wife, AshaLata Biswas, worked for four films, ""Laadli"" (1949), ""Laajawaab"" (1950), ""Badi Bahu"" (1951) and ""Humdard"""
"the box office with a total gross of . The film would turn out to be lead actor Aditya Pancholi's only Blockbuster hit in Bollywood. Saathi (1991 film) Saathi (English: Companion) is a 1991 Indian Hindi crime drama film directed by Mahesh Bhatt, written by Robin Bhatt and starring Aditya Pancholi, Mohsin Khan, Varsha Usgaonkar, And Soni Razdan. in the lead roles. Anupam Kher and Paresh Rawal portray the negative roles. This is Aditya Pancholi's biggest hit as a lead actor and established him as an overnight star in Bollywood. As children, Suraj (Aditya Pancholi) and Amar (Mohsin Khan) live"
"as an actor in films like ""Mahashweta Kadambari"" (1922), ""Videhi Janak"" (1923), and ""Vaman Avatar"" (1923), which were directed by him. In a career-span of fifteen years covering 1912-1926, he made over forty films. According to Rajadhyaksha and Willemen, Patankar's ""historicals and mythologicals were among the most professionally made films before the studio era (pre-1925)"". Born in the early 1880s, he worked as ""a decorator in Chitre's Coronation Cinema in Bombay"". His interest in still photography led him to purchase a film camera from H. S. Bhatawadekar, a professional photographer in Bombay. One of his early works along with V.P."
"Aditya Pancholi Aditya Pancholi (born Nirmal Pancholi, 4 January 1965) is an Indian film actor, producer and playback singer who appears in Bollywood films. He started his career as a lead actor, though he found more success with supporting and villain roles and received a Filmfare nomination for the Best Performance in a Negative Role for ""Yes Boss"" (1997). Pancholi began his career with television movies produced by Nari Hira and ventured into mainstream Bollywood cinema with ""Sasti Dulhan Mehnga Dulha"" (1986). Pancholi first came into the limelight with an important role in ""Maha-Sangram"" (1990). He had the peak of"
"joined the film industry after being spotted by Roop K Shorey at Mumbai’s Gaylord restaurant. This was followed by the film ""Parday Ke Peechhay"" opposite debutant Yogeeta Bali followed by ""Elaan"" (with Rekha), ""Amar Prem"" (1972) and ""Lal Patthar"", though it was only Shakti Samanta's ""Anuraag"" (1972) with Maushmi Chatterjee, which established him as an actor. He went on to appear in over 100 films in his career spanning over two decades. He played the lead role in some of his earlier films but often acted in many multi-starrers as the secondary lead or played supporting roles such as a"
"founder of the Film Finance Corporation, which later became the NFDC with him as its chairman. In time, it started financing art films made on low budget, initiating what is now known as Parallel cinema, though the late 1970s and 80s. Film ""Pestonjee"" starring Anupam Kher, Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi, was based on his story about two Parsi friends. He also wrote dialogue of the film and co-wrote the screenplay with director Vijaya Mehta. At the 35th National Film Awards, it won the award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. His well-received autobiography, ""Counting My Blessings"" was published in"
"Paheli (1977 film) Paheli (Hindi: पहेली; translation: riddle) is a 1977 Bollywood film produced by Tarachand Barjatya for Rajshri Productions. This family drama was directed by Prashant Nanda with Satyajeet and Nameeta Chandra playing the lead characters. Arun Govil, Nameeta Chandra, Poornima Jayaram, Neena Mahapatra and Anita Singh were debutants to Bollywood screen in this film and Suresh Wadkar as playback singer. Brij Mohan (Nitin Sethi) leaves his home in a village to live in Bombay. His mother (Durga Khote) prefers to stay alone in their palatial home. Brij gets married. His wife gives birth and passes away soon after."
"by the lukewarm box office performance of his previous movies Kapurush, Mahapurush and Nayak. R.D Bansal, who had produced those movies, became even less enthusiastic when he learnt of the film's estimated budget, and, as Ray told Marie Seton in December 1967, he spent the remainder of 1967 scouting for finance, and almost reduced to the same situation as he had been during shooting Pather Panchali. Finally towards the end of 1967, Nepal Dutta and Asim Dutta of ""Purnima Pictures"" agreed to lend some financial help. But since it was not substantial enough to shoot the entire movie in color,"
"against the city life, where he has grown up, and visit his grandmother again? Paheli (1977 film) Paheli (Hindi: पहेली; translation: riddle) is a 1977 Bollywood film produced by Tarachand Barjatya for Rajshri Productions. This family drama was directed by Prashant Nanda with Satyajeet and Nameeta Chandra playing the lead characters. Arun Govil, Nameeta Chandra, Poornima Jayaram, Neena Mahapatra and Anita Singh were debutants to Bollywood screen in this film and Suresh Wadkar as playback singer. Brij Mohan (Nitin Sethi) leaves his home in a village to live in Bombay. His mother (Durga Khote) prefers to stay alone in their"
"incorporated in the film. Instead of using male actors in female roles as was the norm, Sampat organised two girls from Calcutta to play female lead. Sampat and Patankar separated soon by 1920, due to disagreements and Patankar started a third studio, National Film (1922), which was financed by Thakurdas Vakil and Harilal. He then set up a fourth production house called Pioneer Films with the help of Vazir Haji, who financed him. List of films: S. N. Patankar Shree Nath Patankar (?-1941) was an Indian producer, director, and cameraman. Referred to as ""one of the early pioneers of Indian"